Chrysler Club Championship Swings Into Action
14 Juillet 2006 - 1:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
Amateur Golfers Across the Country Can Compete to Play With the Top
Pros AUBURN HILLS, Mich., July 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Have
you ever dreamed about playing in a major golf tournament with
Justin Leonard or Mike Weir? Or thought about walking alongside a
top professional golfer toward the 18th green? Your dreams could
all come true if you win the Chrysler Club Championship. The
Chrysler Club Championship (CCC), a national amateur golf
tournament hosted by the Chrysler brand in partnership with Golf
Digest Publications (Golf Digest, Golf Digest For Women, Golf
World), offers male and female amateur golfers the chance to
compete for the title of CCC National Champion and a roster spot in
the PGA Tour's Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. More than 800 clubs
nationwide will be participating in this year's CCC, a stroke-play
event designed for top amateur golfers, attracting nearly 80,000
contenders. Golfers interested in the CCC can find a local
participating club, enter the tournament or get more information by
visiting http://www.chrysler.com/clubchampionship. First-place male
and female finishers at the local level will advance to one of
eight regional tournaments hosted by that region's PGA Section or
Golf Association. From the eight regional competitions, 64
finalists (32 men and 32 women) will travel to Tampa, Fla., to play
in the national finals, which will be a two-day stroke play event
held in conjunction with the PGA Tour Chrysler Championship at the
Westin Innisbrook Golf Resort (Oct. 27-28). The two national
champions -- male and female -- will be rewarded with a trip to the
2007 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic (Jan. 15-21, 2007) and a spot in the
playing field of the annual Pro-Am tournament in Palm Desert,
Calif. In addition to hitting the links, CCC attendees will be able
to hit the road and experience the Chrysler brand's full line of
award-winning products first-hand with vehicle test-drive events at
more than 250 participating clubs across the country. For the third
straight year, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (MS) and the
American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) will team with Chrysler and
Golf Digest Publications as the CCC's charitable partners. Both
charities will receive donations collected in whole from the CCC
program. Funds raised will help support research and programs to
help find solutions to end the effects of multiple sclerosis and
provide college golf scholarships to young men and women through
competitive junior golf. To date, the CCC has helped raise more
than $100,000 for charity. "Golf has long been a part of the
Chrysler Brand, and through the CCC we're able to extend it to the
grass roots level," said Dave Rooney, Director -- Chrysler
Marketing and Global Communications. "But more importantly, the CCC
will help aspiring young men and women earn college scholarships,
and raise much needed funds to find inspired solutions to end the
devastating effects of MS." In 2005, more than 55,000 amateurs
competed at 565 clubs in local and regional tournaments throughout
the summer. This year, two new regional tournaments were added for
a total of eight. Since its inception in 2004, the CCC has grown by
more than 250 percent. Chrysler has been affiliated with golf for
most of its history, and 2006 marks the 41st anniversary of its
sponsorship of the Bob Hope Classic. With four events under its
corporate sponsorship, Chrysler is the title sponsor of the most
PGA Tour events (Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, Chrysler Classic of
Tucson, Chrysler Classic of Greensboro and the Chrysler
Championship). About Chrysler Brand Driven by the steady,
consistent launches of award-winning new models, the Chrysler brand
has seen a dramatic increase in sales, market share and brand image
during the last 15 years. Chrysler brand sales have jumped a
remarkable 357 percent since 1991, from about 130,000 units to
649,293 in 2005. No other American automotive brand has grown by
that amount during the same period. The Chrysler Brand's succession
of innovative product introductions -- which will include the
Chrysler Aspen, the first-ever full-size SUV for the brand, and the
all-new Chrysler Sebring later this year -- continues to solidify
the brand's standing as the leader in design, engineering and
value. The premium for the Chrysler brand is in the product, not
the price. About the American Junior Golf Association The American
Junior Golf Association is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization
dedicated to the overall growth and development of young men and
women who aspire to earn college golf scholarships through
competitive junior golf. About the National Multiple Sclerosis
Society The mission of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society is
to end the devastating effects of MS. The society and its network
of chapters nationwide promote research, educate, advocate on
critical issues, and organize a wide-range of programs -- including
support for the newly diagnosed and those living with MS over time.
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